CAFOD Family Fast Day
Fast Day is Friday 4th October
Daniel, a young man in Democratic Republic of the Congo, is carving a better future for his family with carpentry skills he learned in a CAFOD-funded training centre. Give to CAFOD today and you’ll fund training, tools, equipment and safe spaces so more people like Daniel can learn new skills and fulfil their God-given potential. Use the envelope in church or give online at cafod.org.uk/envelope. Envelopes will be in the church porch on the weekend 28th/29th September.World Day of Migrants and Refugees
(This World Day was originally established in 1914 as an occasion of prayer and concern for people who had to flee conflict and persecution. It is especially apt for Britain in recent times).
The followers of Jesus are not meant to be an exclusive group that despises the good work that others do. We are encouraged to work with anyone of good will. We have no monopoly on Jesus. Appreciation of the good deeds done by others is essential. In his kingdom, power-seeking and rivalry have no place: they are an obstacle and a cause of scandal. The old slogan, 'Outside the Church there is no salvation' was a stumbling block to many good people and must be left aside. Boasting has no place in the kingdom of God. The Holy Spirit blows like the wind wherever it pleases and is at work incognito in every heart. God has a large imagination and labours to orchestrate all things for the world's good.
Remember a time you made a difference in someone's life. Ask the Lord that we be able to do this again. Lord, teach me to serve you as you deserve.
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Mass Times
Mass will be available online via YouTube from about 15 minutes before Mass starts (see below). Just click on the YouTube icon to connect.
Masses
| Mass | Online | |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | 9:30am | No |
| 11:15am | YouTube | |
| Monday | 9:30am | YouTube |
| Tuesday | 9:30am | YouTube |
| Wednesday | 9:30am | YouTube |
| Thursday | 9:30am | No |
| Friday | 10am | YouTube |
| Saturday | 6:15pm | No |
SVP Appeal
Every week there are new arrivals at the local asylum seeker hotel which the SVP have been supporting with the help of kind donations from parishioners. What we need most at the moment are new packs of underwear, socks and donations of any summer clothes in medium size for women and especially for men. If you can help please drop any donations to the parish office.
We are also always looking for hosts for homeless refugees. If you would like to talk about what might be involved in hosting please contact us on 07749 917134.
Youth SVP Needs You
St Vincent de Paul (SVP) Maidenhead would like to launch a new Youth SVP (YSVP) group for young people (aged 11 to 18 yrs). The St Vincent de Paul Society itself was founded thanks to a young student who walked through the poorest streets of his community on his way to university lectures each day. The poverty he came across inspired him to be the change and make a difference to those around him in need.
If you are interested in finding ways to make a difference by helping those in need within our local community then we'd love to hear from you. As part of the new group, the aim would be for you to meet one evening a month starting in September 2024 to discuss new ideas and to agree on activities. The group will be supported by a member of SVP Maidenhead but what you do and how you do it will be largely up to you.
To find out more or to register your interest please contact Hilda on 07749 917134.
W.O.R.K.
Widows and Orphans in Rural Kenya is a registered “Not-for-Profit” charity (Reg. No. 1119959).
W.O.R.K. is dedicated to helping people to become self-sufficient by supporting education, training and healthcare for widows and orphans.
Please donate online here if you can:
FOODSHARE
We are a collection point for Foodshare. Our collection area is just inside the porch doors, but if you leave food outside, out of hours (in a bag or other covering) the building is regularly checked. Foodshare are currently really in need of tinned vegetables and tinned meat, amongst all the regular donations.
We are currently helping over 120 families a week through food parcels and the Foodshare shop. We are running our "Holiday Hunger" program during the summer holidays. We provide breakfast food to schools and free lunches twice a week. There is more information on our website foodshare.charity. We are currently in need of financial donations. Donations can be made via the Foodshare website.
Welcome
Everyone at St Edmund Campion Parish in Maidenhead welcomes you to our Catholic community. Hopefully you will find all the information you are looking for - if not, please contact us and we will answer any questions you may have.
If you would like to know more about us and what we do, take a look at our Welcome Brochure. We look forward to meeting you soon.
The address of the Church and office is: 40a Altwood Road, Maidenhead. Berks. SL6 4PY. Details of how to find us are here.
Pastoral Area Update May 2024
Fr Liam has written another letter providing an update on the progress of the new Pastoral Area:
Dear Friend and Parishioner,
We have now had three further meetings of clergy and nominated representatives from each church community, in our new expanded Parish formation, as part of the 10-year mission plan: You will be my Witnesses.
The Parish transition team is made up of 26 people from all the churches as well as representatives from St Joseph’s convent. We meet monthly, to explore and start to come up with strategies, approaches and how we think the new Holy Family Parish will work in future.
I mentioned in the first two editions of these updates, that we are working towards a paper for the Diocese that explains how we, the churches in Maidenhead, Twyford, Wargrave, Cookham and Culham, as well as the convent, want to come together to create the new Parish of The Holy Family.
As a reminder, each church in our new Parish retains their name, their identity locally and publicly. There is no intention at all to change this.
Read about what have we been doing since February in the latest letter (May 2024) here.
You can read the previous letter (February 2024) here, and the first letter (November 2023) is here.
Parish Priest
I am Liam Cummins and I come from Ireland. I'm the eldest of four children (three boys and one girl).
As a Mill Hill Missionary (millhillmissionaries.com), I have spent a good period of my adult life ministering in Africa, namely Cameroon and Kenya.
I was appointed to England to do Mission Animation (Missio and Mill Hill) for a number of Dioceses in 2012. I really enjoyed this work and it involved a good amount of travelling and meeting lots of people. Read more.
Parish Register
If you want to be added to the Parish Register, please see the priest.
Download, print and complete the Parish Registration Form.
If your details change, or you have an addition to the family, please contact the Parish Secretary to make sure that your entry is up to date and includes all your children.
Edmund Campion
"I have no more to say but to recommend your case and mine to Almighty God, the Searcher of Hearts, who sends us His grace, and sets us at accord before the day of payment, to the end we may at last be friends in heaven, when all injuries shall be forgotten." Read more.
Pastoral Letter from Bishop Philip
The latest letter (May 2024 - Pray Every Day) is available to read here or you can watch it on YouTube.
Pray Every Day
I write this Pastoral Letter today to encourage you in the first of our Six Holy Habits: prayer, to spend five minutes or more each day in prayer, whenever and wherever you find best, ideally using the Gospel reading of the day. It's interesting how we live in an era when yoga, mindfulness and meditation is popular. This only demonstrates what Catholics have known for centuries: that for our psychological health and wellbeing, prayer is essential. Like hydration to the body, so is prayer to the soul.
Older Pastoral Letters from Bishop Philip
The March 2024 letter (Regular Confession) is available to read here or you can watch it on YouTube.
The letter from December 2023 (Christian Sunday) is available to read here or you can watch it on YouTube.
The previous letter from September 2023 (You will be my Witnesses) is available to read here or you can watch it on YouTube.
Closer to Christ Campaign
The Closer to Christ Campaign is a two-year initiative that will be delivered across the whole Diocese, with the am of raising £13.5million. Our vision for the Diocese is ‘bringing people close to Jesus Christ through his church’ and this project will help us realise our vision. This important endeavour has two key aims...
Going Into Hospital?
Upon admission, please state clearly that you are a Catholic Christian. If you want the Chaplain to visit you, you either need to complete the form in the Chapel, or speak to the Ward Sister in Charge.
The local Roman Catholic Church near Wexham Park Hospital is the Church of the Holy Redeemer, contact 01753 578328. In cases of emergency, call St Joseph’s Maidenhead on 01628 783988.